US1154987A - Attaching-link. - Google Patents

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N. D. GOFF.

ATTACHING LINK. I APPLICATION FILED VFEB. I6, I9I4.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known thatl, NARAsD. Gore, a citizen of the United States,

Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching-Links, of which f the following is a specification.

This invention trelat s to attaching links:

and for other purposes 'inthejewelers art. The matter constituting my inventionwill be defined in the claims.

The details of construction of my attaching link will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a chain and charm, showing the attaching link in position. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the link on an enlarged scale. Figs. 3 and 4: represent cross sections on the line 3 8 Fig. 2, the band or collar being in different positions. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation showing the members of the link detached, one from the other. Fig. 6 represents a side view of a link having a band or collar of modified construction. cross section thereof on line 7- Fig. 6. Fig. 8 represents a side view with the collar partly detached I v In constructing my attaching link A I provide a spring wire member Band a detachable band or collar D or D of gold or other suitable metal. The member B is made of spring wire or other resilient material, and for convenience is called the spring wire member. This member B is made of a single piece of wire and is of elongated form and has at its ends enlarged resilient loops 6 which are connected by a reduced elongated middle portion 6', at one side of which are the ends of the wire spaced apart as shown in Fig. 5. The free ends of the wire extending inward from the end loops 6 are turned outward to form short projections or engaging studs 7), and spaced apart to form an opening 0 between them.

residing at "Clinton, in the county of Clinton andwState of a watch or a charm Fig. 7 re resents a na-nan,- an. at tra ce 19w Pate ted n 5 9 Applic'ation filed February 16, 1914; Serial No. 818,902.

The hand or collar member D, shownin Figsa l to 5 inclusive, is of suitable length and diameter to inclose the reduced middle portion 5" of member 13 and give a neat pleasing appearance, and servesas a keeper for securing and closing cl of it of one'strandorthickness of the nember B, and with two holes e, which are in line lengthwise'and spaced apart the proper dis- Y tance r to receive the engaging studs the link. ThecoL;

1 lar Dis made Wlllll'l longitudinal slot suitable width to permit the passage through Theholes c are preferably placed in longi- I tudinal line about one quarter of the circumference-of the collar-away from the slot cZ,- .as shown in Figs. 2 and '3, though the,

distance and arrangement may be varied.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the studs 25' are engaged in the holesc and the link'is'closed, while in studs are shown disengaged and the collar D turned one quarter around so that the spring member may be passed out through the slot (Z. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 indicate the manner in which'the collar may be lifted oil? or detached from the spring wire member. Then it is de- "sired to connect the member B, at either end-loop 7), within another link, as a, the

studs 6 may be pressed inward out oftheir holes and then turned into the slot cl, when another link or a ring may be slipped over a stud into one of the loops 7); then the collar may be turned a quarter around and the studs again engaged with their holes, thus closing the link. Of course, a separate. link or ring may be connected with each end loop I) as above described.

In Fig. 1 my attaching link A is shown connecting by its end-loops witha charm M and with the links Z of a chain L. The endloops 5, being resilient, will force the studs 6 into the holes e when the parts are turned to register, and will hold the studs in place, and the link closed. In my attaching link it is important to provide a resilient loop at each end and two engaging studs, spaced apart, so that it may be connected with another link or a ring at either end, or at both ends.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, a slightly modified form of band or collar D is shown, having two end-slots cl, one at each end, so as to leave a solid central part of the collar between them, as shown in Fig. 6. The collar manipulated so as to the end-slots as indicated in Fig. 8, thus peri mitting other links to be attached tours" loops 6. This modified construction is with-- g g 1 loops to be disengaged from said collar, for W hat I claim as new, and desire to'secure in the spirit and scope of my invention.

by Letters Patent, is-

1'. An attaching link composed of a spring wire member having resilient end-loops and an elongated, reduced middle portion, the ends of the wire being turned outward to formengaging'studs andispaced apart in the reducedrmiddle portion, and a band or collar member having two-holes for receiv- '7 ing said studs and slotted in a plane difierent from the plane of the holesfor permitting the studof either end-loop alone to be disengaged from said collar, for engaging with a ring or link and then re'e'ngaged in a hole in said collar.

2. An attaching link composed of a spring wire member having enlarged resilient endloops andan elongated, reduced middle p01 tion,the ends-of the wire being turned outward to form engaging studs and spaced apart in the reduced middle portion, and a band or collar member having two holes for Copies of this patent may be obtained for receiving said studs and opposite end-slots li ajslane different from the. plane of the holes :for permitting the studs'of the endengaging'with a ring or link and then reengagedwith the holes in said c01lar.- V link composed of a spring 3. An attaching wirev member having resilient end-loops and an elongated, reduced middle portion, the,

being. turned outward to form engaging studs and spaced apartin middle portion, and a band. or

ends of the wire the reduced collar member havingtwo holes for receiving said studs and a longitudinal slot in a plane difiere'nt from the plane of the holes for inserting orremoving the spring wire member and permitting either end-loop alone to be engaged with a separate ring or link. p a V t In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. NARA D. GOFF. Witnessesz I I ANET BRASM SSEN, v WILLIAM L. DIECKMANN.

five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. V V

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